Icethetortoise
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Hey friends! I’m definitely super new to this tortoise thing. I’ve been doing so much research but it seems like everyone does it a little different.
Can I grow sprouts and feed them to Ice?
Ice is a Redfoot, who is 6 months old.
I can’t seem to find greens that Ice will eat lots of. Ice will nibble on anything I feed him, but I was thinking maybe sprouts?
I garden a lot so we have tried: kale, spring mix, arugula, romaine, parsley, carrot tops, nasturtiums, hibiscus, basil, and Swiss chard.
Ice does have a hibiscus plant in the enclosure, with no bottom leaves and I have seen him eat it.
I am just nervous that he’s not getting enough greens.
I have tried not adding anything else, just greens but than Ice eats nothing! I’m concerned. So I end up feeding him greens and something else, like a little mushrooms, zucchini, squash, sometimes fruit. So at least he’s eating something.
Ice loves mushrooms the most for sure, over any fruit, which I was shocked by actually.
We live on Vancouver Island, Ice lives in a 2x4 ft enclosure, we have a mercury vapour bulb, and a ceramic heater for night. Temperature is awesome it never gets below 21C and the basking area in the day is around 36-38C, humidity is not 80% all the time, but he has lots of microclimates and 2 humid hides, and I soak him everyday and mist down the enclosure twice a day at least. Oh and he’s on a deep litter bed. (Minimum 6” deep) Coco coir? And organic soil mixed, with a mulch of the coconut husk?? The chunkier coconut stuff mixed w Sphagnum moss.
I think that’s everything I need to include?? Thank you and sorry for my giant post.
Can I grow sprouts and feed them to Ice?
Ice is a Redfoot, who is 6 months old.
I can’t seem to find greens that Ice will eat lots of. Ice will nibble on anything I feed him, but I was thinking maybe sprouts?
I garden a lot so we have tried: kale, spring mix, arugula, romaine, parsley, carrot tops, nasturtiums, hibiscus, basil, and Swiss chard.
Ice does have a hibiscus plant in the enclosure, with no bottom leaves and I have seen him eat it.
I am just nervous that he’s not getting enough greens.
I have tried not adding anything else, just greens but than Ice eats nothing! I’m concerned. So I end up feeding him greens and something else, like a little mushrooms, zucchini, squash, sometimes fruit. So at least he’s eating something.
Ice loves mushrooms the most for sure, over any fruit, which I was shocked by actually.
We live on Vancouver Island, Ice lives in a 2x4 ft enclosure, we have a mercury vapour bulb, and a ceramic heater for night. Temperature is awesome it never gets below 21C and the basking area in the day is around 36-38C, humidity is not 80% all the time, but he has lots of microclimates and 2 humid hides, and I soak him everyday and mist down the enclosure twice a day at least. Oh and he’s on a deep litter bed. (Minimum 6” deep) Coco coir? And organic soil mixed, with a mulch of the coconut husk?? The chunkier coconut stuff mixed w Sphagnum moss.
I think that’s everything I need to include?? Thank you and sorry for my giant post.